The crowd booed her for protesting a questionable call...
Two-time Olympian and two-time major tournament tennis champion Shuai Zhang was competing against Hungarian Amarissa Tóth in the WTA Tour's Hungarian Grand Prix.(Women's Tennis Association)
Playing on clay, Zhang hit a shot that kicked up chalk on a line that would have given her a point. The judge ruled it out, the umpire agreed, but they looked at themselves as to question the decision. When Zhang appealed to the judges to take a closer look, her opponent Tóth walked over to the spot and wiped away the mark with her foot and giggled.
Shaken by the judges decision and Amarissa covering the mark, Zhang decided to pull out of the match. She received boos from the crowd and mocked by her actions.
It's been years since I followed tennis, but I believe with a questionable call like that, the judge should have given her a replay.
In the 1970's John McEnroe would have insisted it!
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Well, that's simply not cricket, as we Brits say.
Playing Politics in sport I see
Playing Politics in sport I see
Social media supported Zhang and Toth made an apology.
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